"Exploring the Vibrant Jaipong Dance: Rich Cultural Heritage of Sundanese People"

Jaipong Dance is a representative of West Java's regional arts. Jaipong dance was born in 1961 and was produced by three artists named H. Suanda, Gugum Gumbira and Koswara Widjaya. Since then, the art of Jaipong dance has continued to develop and become the pride of the Indonesian people. Jaipong dance was initially developed as a ballroom dance in accordance with the youth social movement in West Java at that time. However, now Jaipong dance is not only performed at social events, but also at formal events such as weddings, artistic performances and even competitions or festivals. Jaipong dance is a combination of various elements of traditional Sundanese and Betawi dance. This is also one of the reasons why Jaipong dance is always known as authentic Indonesian dance. The dance elements combined in Jaipong dance include Bedhaya dance, mask dance and Ketuk Tilu dance. Apart from that, Jaipong dance movements are also influenced by the sounds of gamelan music. One of the characteri...